Last month, the North Carolina Board of Elections unanimously refused to certify the election of Republican Congressman-elect Mark Harris, who beat his Democratic opponent, Dan McCready, by about 900 votes. Harris, the only representative not to be seated when the new Congress ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Jan 8, 2019

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg ruled in a lawsuit filed by Common Cause Georgia that the Georgia Secretary of State's Office must count provisional ballots in the ongoing governor's election, citing "substantial likelihood" that Republican candidate and former ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 6, 2018

Early voting has been going on in Florida for more than a week now, and the results so far have been strong. Totals in Orange County and Lake County have favored Democrats and surpassed those set during the last midterm cycle in 2014. One million voters have shown up to vote ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 15, 2018

This week, Donald Trump's Commission on Electoral Integrity, led by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, met in New Hampshire to discuss their findings. These findings, however, have not withstood scrutiny from officials at organizations like the ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018

One of the best commentators today, MSNBC's Joy Ann Reid is not afraid to tell the truth to the people who think that Democrats will win if they just offer white working class voters single-payer healthcare. In her appearance on The Daily Show this week, she explained to Trevor ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018

In a Daily Beast article this week, Emilie Plesset reveals that Indiana is removing voters from the lists without telling them, thanks to a new law that violates the National Voter Registration Act (aka the Motor Voter Act.) Back in 2014, Indiana, under then-governor Mike Pence, ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 9, 2018

When you go to the polls today, here is a thought to fortify you: We are being protected by a "big, beautiful brown wall." Latino turnout in Florida is tracking at 130% of normal, and African American turnout is consistent with the population in Florida, which is 13%. That may ...read more

• By Jen Froderman
  Nov 9, 2018

Last night, Lawrence O'Donnell reported that exit polling shows 28% of early Republicans voters in Florida have voted for Hillary Clinton: That would be a sign of an impending disaster for Donald Trump. The caveat here is that the poll is comprised of self-reporting, not ballot ...read more

• By Jen Froderman
  Nov 9, 2018

While the end of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's split is indeed big news, the future of American democracy and the health of the planet is at stake, so while you are here (and no doubt annoyed by our hugely misleading headline) please register to vote so that, you know, future ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Sep 20, 2016

It's called voting. So register your ass right now. ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018